Window-shade guide.



W. M. MURRAY.

WINDOW SHADE GUIDE.

APPLICATION FILED APR. I0, I916.

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WINDUW-SHADE GUIDE.

Application filed April 10, 1916.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that 1, WILLIAM M. MURRAY, a citizen of the United States,residing at Canajoharie, in the county of Montgomery and State of NewYork, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Vindow-ShadeGuides; and I do declare the following to be a full, clear, and exactdescription of the invention, such as will enable others skilled in theart to which it appertains to make and use the same.

This invention relates to window shade and curtain guides for use inconnection with the usual. spring roller shades, the principal object ofthe invention being to provide a simply constructed device of thischaracter which can be inexpensively manufactured from sheet or otherlight metal.

With this general object in view, my invention resides in the novelfeatures of construction, combination and arrangement of parts whichwill hereinafter be more particularly described and claimed and shown inthe drawings wherein:

Figure 1 is a front elevation of the upper portion of a window framehaving an ordinary shade roller curtain mounted thereon, showing oneform of my invention applied;

Fig. 2 is a detail perspective view of one of the improved shade guides;

Fig. 8 is an elevation of the guide shown in Fig. 2;

Fig. 4 is a view similar to Fig. 1 showing a different method ofattaching the shade roller to the frame and illustrating the form ofshade guide preferably used in such a case;

Fig. 5 is a perspective view of one of the guides detached from theframe; and,

Fig. 6 is an elevation of the same partly in section.

Referring more particularly to the drawing, it will be seen that thisimproved curtain guide may be constructed in several different forms,all of which embody the same features. One of such forms is illustratedin Figs. 1 to 3, in which a guide to be used when the shade roller isset between the sides of the window frame is shown. It is obvious thattwo of these guides are used, one on each side of the window shade, butin describing the invention, only one will be referred to for the sakeof convenience. The form shown in the above mentioned figures comprisesa supporting member v1 preferably formed from a single strap ofSpecification of Letters Patent.

Patented Feb. 20, 1917.

Serial No. 90,144.

metal having its intermediate portions extended outwardly as shown at 2,the ends of the strap being apertured as shown at 3 the offset portion 2is parallel to the plane of the attaching portions and has a laterallyswinging arm 1 pivoted thereto as at 5. This arm 4 carries an additionalarm 6 which extends at right angles therefrom and is preferably madeintegral therewith, said arm 6 being provided with a slot 7 to receiveone edge of the window shade.

The arm a is pivoted to the supporting member 1 to facilitate theraising and lowering of the window shade, since said shade wheneithermoved upwardly or downwardly, is pulled toward the operator ratherthan straight downwardly in the vertical plane of the roller. Thecurtain or shade can thus be moved in the slotted arm 6 without dangerof tea-ring or otherwise injuring the edge of the same. The movement ofthe swinging arm, however, is limited in both directions by a stop pin 8carried thereby which is disposed in an arcuate slot 9 formed in the.offset portion 2 of the supporting member. The pin 8 is placed near therear edge of the arm t to allow the same to be swung outwardly at aconsiderable angle, and yet prevents the same from moving inwardly pastthe vertical plane occupied by the supporting member.

As a further means for preventing the mutilation of the edges of thewindow shade or curtain, an upright flange 10 is formed on each oppositewall of the slot 7, thus.

forming a contact surface considerably greater than'the thickness of thearm 6. These flanges are preferably although not necessarily formed fromthe metal struck from the slot 7 and are extended upwardly above thearm.

In Figs. 4 to 6, a curtain guide is shown which is used when the shaderoller is supported in brackets attached to the outer sides of thewindow frame. This form has a supporting member 11 which comprises anattaching arm 12 and a guide carrying arm 13 formed integrally therewithand eX- tended at right angles thereto, the attaching arm being providedwith apertures 14 for fastening elements and the other arm carrying alaterally swinging right angular guide member The member 15 is pivoted.at

the upper end of its upright arm 16 adjacent the upper edge of the arm13. The arm 16 carries a stop pin 17, one end of which is disposed in anarcuate slot 18 formed in the arm 11 of the supporting member 13,thereby limiting the swinging movement of the guide member 15. The slotis so disposed in the arm 13 that the member 15 is permitted to swingoutwardly at an angle to the vertical plane of the window shade, but isprevented from swinging inwardly past this plane. 7

The horizontal arm 19 of the guide member 15 is preferably formedintegral with the vertical arm 16 thereof and is provided with a slot 20in which the edge of the window shade S is disposed and guided, Theopposite walls of this slot 20 are also provided with upright flanges 21similarto and used for the same purpose as the flanges 10 in thefirst-described form.

lVith either'of these guides, it is obvious that the window shade willbe effectively guided during its movement so that it will be wound uponthe roller in the proper 1nanner, and by providing one portion of thedevice with the swinging arm, the operation of the curtain will begreatly facilitated. Furthermore, the flanges formed adjacent the wallsof the slots will prevent the edges of the curtains upon which thedevice is used from becoming frayed or torn. The slots in the swingingarms of the guides are preferably made in such width that they willprevent the enlarged lower end of the v shade which usually contains aWooden strip or other strengthening rod from passing through the sameand thus preventing the curtain or shade from rolling up around theroller to such an extent that it might become necessary to remove theroller and rewind the spring.

I claim as my invention:

In a device of the class described, a bracket having a verticallydisposed fiat face and means for securing said bracket to a support, aflat strip of metal bent at right angles at a point substantially midwayits length to form vertical and horizontal flat arms, the vertical fiatarm having a pivot opening near its lower end, a pin fixed in saidvertical flat arm at a point near the pivot opening, the horizontal fiatarm being slit centrally from its free end to a point near the verticalarm, the material on the edges of the slit being bent upwardly andoutwardly to form curved flanges, the vertically disposed face of thebracket having a pivot opening near its lower end and an arcuate slotspaced from and concentric with said pivot opening, a bolt extendingthrough the aforesaid pivot openings to pivotally eonneet the bracketand vertical flat arm, and a pin in the vertical arm extending throughand guided in the aforesaid arcuate slot.

In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand in presence of twosubscribing witnesses.

WILLIAM M. MURRAY. lVitnesses WILLIAM H. BAIN, WILLIAM BELLINGER.

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